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[vetran]

No age of consent for boys.

the CPS disagree

CPS Legal Guidance

A boy or girl under the age of 16 cannot consent in law, (Archbold 2004, 20-152).

children under 18 having sexual relations with persons in a position of trust

[Mich the Tester]

the CPS disagree

CPS Legal Guidance

Umm, isn't this ' position of trust' age distinction a bit vague and contrived? Is an 18 year old school prefect a person in a position of trust?

[vetran]

Umm, isn't this ' position of trust' age distinction a bit vague and contrived? Is an 18 year old school prefect a person in a position of trust?

I think they try to distinguish between informal & formal positions. A scout leader would be seen as a position of trust but a venture scout helping for a day probably wouldn't be seen as in a position of trust.

My understanding is 18 -> 17 year old with unpaid / unregulated power it would be seen as a non offence from that point of view and it would concentrate on coercion which doesn't have an age restriction.

So if a teacher or a teaching assistant aged 25 has sex with their pupil then its the abuse of trust.
If they meet and had consensual sex with a 17 year old who is not their student or they have power over in a pub then its just sex and legal.

If a Prefect says to a 17 year old ' have sex with me or I will report you' its coercion which makes it rape.

[jeffpow10]

every teenagers dream has come true!

true.. :P Although i wonder how we all would have perceived it if it was a guy teacher with a girl student.